Meaning
- One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden.
- (derogatory, obsolete, slang) A coachman who drives badly.
Synonyms
fruit-grower
creating a garden
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡɑɹd.n̩.ɚ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English gardener, either calqued or loaned from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French gardinier. See garden, and compare German Gärtner (“gardener”), which is equivalent to a derivative of the German cognate to English garden, Garten (“garden”), + -er. Displaced native Old English wyrtweard.
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